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In 1911 Sun Yat Sen overthrew the Emperor of China and threw out the law instituted by the Mongol rulers that all males must wear pigtails. The pigtail had been a sign of social caste. With that revolution, all were in theory at least, equal. Therefore all pigtails became illegal.

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